By Adiel Kalonji | NBA Editor
While Victor Wembanyama’s first season in the league has just ended, the Spurs rookie’s name is still on everyone’s lips, despite his non-participation in the playoffs. Recently, it was Giannis Antetokounmpo who returned to the fact of having faced the Frenchman.
Like a hurricane that takes everything in its path, Victor Wembanyama has been irresistible throughout this first season in the NBA. It’s even to the point that the race for the title of Rookie of the Year is no longer in debate today. But the young nugget of the Spurs does not only have rookies as competitors, so he did not hesitate to compete head-on with the biggest superstars.
Among them was for example Giannis Antetokounmpo. Often compared because of their similar body shape when they arrived in the league, the two giants engaged in an epic duel which ended in a victory for the Bucks earlier in the year. Obviously, this clash left as much of an impression on the minds of the fans as that of the double MVP if we trust what he said in his brother’s podcast.
Wembanyama among the greats according to Giannis
First of all, I have to say that I try to be at my best in every match. But playing against the best, playing against LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Nikola Jokic, Luka Doncic, and now Victor Wembanyama… There are still others that I haven’t mentioned, but playing against these players it brings out the best in me. When you’re on the pitch with players of such a level, it’s either you’re a spectator, or you’re feeling that moment.
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I love this feeling. Even if I don’t realize it right away, I can feel it, this feeling of mano a mano…
It’s no secret that Giannis never backs down from adversity. On the contrary, the Bucks interior is more motivated when its match-up gives it a hard time. Something that Wembanyama managed to do during their confrontation.
Thus, the 2021 champion made one of the greatest compliments that the former Mets 92 could receive by citing him among the greatest players in the league, notably with LeBron James et Kevin Durant. We are undoubtedly all looking forward to seeing these two colossi again on the same field after the spectacle offered last time.
Wemby on his counter on Giannis
“Without the adrenaline, it might have hurt afterwards. I think I know people who could die from that.”
— Wemby France 👽🇫🇷 (@VicWembanyamaFR) April 18, 2024
Barely one season played, Victor Wembanyama is already cited among the best players in the league by Giannis Antetokounmpo. If everyone is just showering the Frenchman with praise, then it would seem that even the most famous superstars were impressed by him when they faced him.
2024-04-21 12:20:00
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